After parting ways with DR Rodzinski and our very own bk at the corner of 45th & 9th Avenue, I continued walking up 9th Avenue, and as I walked I made a couple of phone calls to my brothers and my parents.
I've been trying to figure out what and where I was going to celebrate my birthday on Wednesday. I was really hoping to do what I did last year: just walk the city and meet people along the way. But when my brother, Jay, was able to fly back East this week for some vacation, we had started planning some sort of joint birthday celebration for me and my brother's girlfriend. Well... I thought they were planning something.
My mom was thinking of having everyone - all four boys, and the nieces and nephews (grandkids) - get together Wednesday night on the actual day of my birthday in Richmond. Well... It turns out my brother, Mike, is flying to Vegas tonight for a work assignment, and he won't get back until Thursday night. So, after making a bunch of phone calls, we'll all be getting together Friday night in Fairfax. -And I can still do my own celebration on Wednesday here in NYC.
-Then I will head down to Richmond with my parents Friday night, and head back up to DC on Monday, then back to NYC on Wednesday.
It's so nice to have a plan now.